Orphaned by AIDS
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India failing children orphaned by AIDS.
www.thelancet.com Vol 375 January 30, 2010 363 13-year-old Seema lives with her grandmother Susheela and three other orphaned cousins, in a dark, poorly ventilated two-room tenement in a slum in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka state, southern India. She has lost her parents to AIDS, is HIVpositive, visibly malnourished, and has cataracts in both eyes. Seema is not yet on antiretroviral...
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the level of physical activity among children and adolescents orphaned by AIDS according to socio-demographic and orphanhood-related characteristics. METHODS A population-based study was carried out with 235 children and adolescents aged 7 to 14 years in the municipality of São Paulo, SP, in 2007. Children were classified as active and inactive. The cut-off point establi...
متن کاملDepression among AIDS-orphaned children higher than among other orphaned children in southern India
BACKGROUND Systematic data on mental health issues among orphaned children are not readily available in India. This study explored depression and its associated risk factors among orphaned children in Hyderabad city in south India. METHODS 400 orphaned children drawn equally from AIDS and non-AIDS orphan groups aged 12-16 years residing in orphanages in and around Hyderabad city in southern I...
متن کاملEffects of stigma on the mental health of adolescents orphaned by AIDS.
PURPOSE By 2010, an estimated 18.4 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa will be orphaned by AIDS. Research in South Africa shows that AIDS orphanhood is independently associated with heightened levels of psychological problems. This study is the first to explore the mediating effects of stigma and other factors operating on a community level, on associations between AIDS orphanhood and mental...
متن کاملGrieving experiences amongst adolescents orphaned by AIDS: Analysis from event history calendars.
Mental health is an essential component of adolescent health and wellbeing. Mental health practitioners assess adolescents' mental health status to identify possible issues that may lead to mental health problems. However, very few of the tools used to assess the mental health status of adolescents include assessment for grieving and coping patterns. The current tools used for assessing an indi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 2078-6751,1608-9693
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v3i3.521